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December 7, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The unemployment rate surged to its highest level since 1995, according to the monthly unemployment report released by the Department of Labor (DoL).

December 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fixed-income products were especially stellar performers during the third quarter, while equity managers' returns got unmercifully pounded, according to data from Nelson Information.

December 6, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the latest positive sign that the US may be climbing out of its recession, the number of Americans claiming unemployment benefits for the...

November 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US mutual fund assets went up by 3.1% to reach $6.616 trillion in October, according to figures from the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

November 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A total of 212,695 workers lost their jobs in October as a result of 1,816 mass layoffs in the US - the highest...

November 29, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Archipelago and REDIBook will merge their stock trading systems in a bid to create the largest alternative stock trading network by share volume, according...

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Conference Board's monthly Help-Wanted Index, a measure of employment advertisements, dipped by a point, to settle at 52 in September, a 34%...

November 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The lines for first time unemployment benefits grew 12% longer in the week ending November 24, according to figures released by the US Department...

November 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets in socially screened investment portfolios under professional management grew by 36% between 1999 and 2001, climbing from $1.49 trillion to $2.03 trillion...

November 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FTSE has formally launched the FTSE4Good Global Index and the FTSE4Good US Index, the last two in its series of eight indexes covering...

November 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The appeal of the American stock market has apparently been lost on Canadians.

November 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets invested in the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rose 7.8% to total $69.42 billion at the end of October, according to the Investment...

November 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The data behind October?s jobless figures, which saw the US unemployment rate skyrocketing to 5.4%, shows an increase in joblessness in 33 states,...

November 21, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial unemployment benefit claims continued their downward trend in the week ending November 17, according to the weekly figures released by the Department of...

November 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After three months of net withdrawals, equity mutual fund sales finally outweighed redemptions - with investors pouring $1.6 billion into equity funds in...

November 19, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - An overwhelming 95% of respondents have not made any changes to their 401(k) plan since September 11, according to a survey by Strong Capital...

November 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the third consecutive week, the number of Americans filing for first time unemployment benefits fell, but the number of those remaining on...

November 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index increased by 0.4% in October, outpacing major US equity indices and bringing year-to-date returns to 2.6%.

November 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although investors have fled equities for bonds in droves, their knowledge of basic fixed-income principles remains shaky, a study by American Century Investments...

November 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), rejected resolutions urging CREF to divest its holdings in tobacco investments and in companies that...